Mu'awiya II

Mu'awiya II
مُعَاوِيَة بْنِ يَزِيد
3rd Caliph of the Umayyad Caliphate
Reign683 – 684
PredecessorYazid I
SuccessorMarwan I
Bornc. 664 CE
Bilad al-Sham, Umayyad Caliphate
Diedc. 684 CE (aged 19–20)
Damascus, Umayyad Caliphate
(present-day Syria)
HouseLast Sufyanid Caliph
DynastyUmayyad
FatherYazid
ReligionIslam
Arabic name
Personal
(Ism)
Muʿāwiya
معاوية
Patronymic
(Nasab)
ibn Yazīd
بن يزيد
Teknonymic (Kunya)Abū Laylā

Mu'awiya ibn Yazid ibn Mu'awiya (Arabic: مُعَاوِيَة بْنِ يَزِيد بْنِ مُعَاوِيَة, romanizedMuʿāwiya ibn Yazīd ibn Muʿāwiya; c. 664–684), commonly known as Mu'awiya II, was the third Umayyad caliph, ruling for less than a year in 683–684.

He succeeded his father Yazid I as the third caliph and last caliph of the Sufyanid line in the Umayyad dynasty. He ruled briefly in 683–684 (64 AH) before he died.[1]

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